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San Leandro Unified School District will host a series of recognition nights for African American and Latino students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement throughout the 2018-19 school year. Almost 1,300 fifth through twelfth grade students from all 12 district schools will be recognized at formal evening events over the next several weeks.

SAN LEANDRO, CA – San Leandro High School has earned the first College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP Computer Science courses. Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, SLHS is one of only 685 to accomplish this.

National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 4–8, 2019, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do.

When you were a freshman in high school, did you have any idea where you would be in 10 years? One half of the 9th-grade class at San Leandro High School has not only an idea of what the year 2028 will look like for them, but they also created a plan to get there.

Students from John Muir Middle School in partnership with the San Leandro Education Foundation (SLED) have been preparing for the holidays by giving back to their community. Students collected over $3,000 in cash donations which were used to purchase gift cards, clothing, toys, blankets, and other holiday items for 22 John Muir families in need.

At Tuesday night’s SLUSD school board meeting, the members of the Measure I Steering Committee were presented with special recognition awards for helping secure overwhelming community support to restore essential school funding and protect the quality of education in the district’s schools. Measure I was approved by voters with a 75.08% approval rate, which is one of the largest percentages of “yes” votes in the district’s history.

Students at Garfield and McKinley Elementary Schools are the fortunate recipients of newly remodeled science facilities, known as STEAM labs, thanks to a $100,000 donation from the San Leandro Educational Foundation (SLED). The donation will be officially presented to the San Leandro Unified School District during the December Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, December 11, at 7:00 pm.

The California Department of Education (CDE) has released the 2017-18 performance reports for California districts and schools via the California Accountability Model & School Dashboard web page at https://www.caschooldashboard.org.

SAN LEANDRO, CA: Last Thursday, San Leandro High and Bancroft Middle Schools were awarded generous donations towards their sports and music programs. World Champion Brandon Crawford and Jim Foley, EVP, and president of Wells Fargo’s Pacific North region presented checks to recipients of the KNBR Step Up to the Plate for Education grants program funded by Wells Fargo at AT&T Park.

San Leandro Unified School District is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Inclusive Schools Week will be celebrated December 3-7, 2018, throughout the district’s classrooms, schools, and communities. This year’s theme, “Kaleidoscope of Friends”, was chosen to reflect the beauty of diversity in our students.

San Leandro Unified School District stands with other Bay Area communities in declaring the week of November 11-17 as “Bay Area Unified Against Hate Week”. “Every day our devoted staff shows their deep commitment to inclusivity, unity, and tolerance,” said District Superintendent Dr. Mike McLaughlin, “But we want to stand united with our fellow schools and communities in taking a moment to highlight the need for vigilance against the insidious increase in hate-related behavior. ”

San Leandro Unified School District is celebrating a big win for their schools today. The San Leandro community came out to support their parcel tax, Measure I, which passed last night at 72.89%. Even though the celebrations are qualified, with 15% of ballots yet to be counted, the district expressed the need to be proactive in appreciating voters who responded positively to their financial need.

NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) announced this year’s young business winners at the 13th annual NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, one of which was San Leandro’s own Simone Hufana.

SAN LEANDRO, CA: The California Department of Education (CDE) has announced the annual release of the summary reports for the 2017–18 English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). The public will access to 2017–18 ELPAC reports on the CDE DataQuest reporting website at https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/. The webpage will display the state, county, district, and school-level ELPAC reports for the 2017–18 administration.

Friday, October 12th, San Leandro Unified School District school board trustees, personnel, families and community members came together to celebrate successes from the past year at the annual State of the District address. This year, the event was reorganized as a breakfast and bus tour, in hopes of allowing a more intimate look into the school district, and to provide more of an opportunity to interact with the public.

Last Wednesday marked the 4th annual Free PSAT in San Leandro Unified School District. Almost 1,000 10th and 11th-grade students took the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) during the school day on the district’s dime.

San Leandro High School is pleased to announce this year’s National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist Lee Dason Lam. He is one of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists nationwide who will continue on in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program to complete for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring

San Leandro Unified School District is pleased to welcome Clell Hoffman as the district’s Director of Food Services. Mr. Hoffman comes to SLUSD from the Albany Unified School District where he currently serves as the Food Services Director. He also currently serves as the chairman of the State Child Nutrition Advisory Council and is a credentialed teacher of Culinary Arts

Friday, October 5th at Burrell Field marks the inaugural run for the SLHS Marching Band in their new official uniforms. “The students have been waiting for this moment for the last two years,” said band director and music teacher Jarrett Hansen, “We are so excited to share this proud moment with our community.”

A delegation of educators and business leaders from the Toyama Prefecture in Japan came to tour San Leandro Unified School District and San Leandro High School. The delegation was part of a Global Education Study Mission focused on learning about the education system and pedagogy in the United States and how local businesses can work with schools.

The news crew from ABC7 came to James Monroe Elementary to learn more about being named one of "America's Healthiest Schools" by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. As one of only 10 schools in the Bay Area to make the list, PE teacher Lynette Watkins was understandably proud of the hard work the school has put into supporting the health and wellness of their students.

The 2018-2019 San Leandro Unified School District State of the District will be held Friday, October 12 in the Fred T. Korematsu gymnasium at San Leandro High School. This annual event has changed format this year, to become a breakfast and bus tour of several SLUSD schools.

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